bratschen
German, verb
bratschen is spelled B-R-A-T-S-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bratschen is a German verb meaning “to play a viola” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bratschen is a different word: “plural of Bratsche”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Streichinstrument mit 4 Saiten (Bratsche) spielen”.
What does bratschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to play a viola
noun
- 1
plural of Bratsche
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Streichinstrument mit 4 Saiten (Bratsche) spielen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bratschen
- bratscht present singular third-person
- bratschte past
- gebratscht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- bratschend participle present
- bratsche first-person indicative present
- bratschst indicative present second-person
- bratschest second-person singular subjunctive
- bratschet plural second-person subjunctive
- bratschten first-person indicative plural
- bratschtest indicative preterite second-person
- bratschtet indicative plural preterite
- bratsch imperative second-person singular
- habe gebratscht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bratsch! imperative singular
- bratsche! imperative singular
- bratscht! imperative plural
- gebratscht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is bratschen in German?
bratschen appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).